Climate averages 1991–2020

Ya'an weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 8.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 76 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Ya'an: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Meishan (81 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, 2.3°C warmer than Ya'an, with 39 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ya'an ranks joint 419th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 608th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Ya'an is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 104 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ya'an climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ya'an, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.3°C2.7°C	2.7°C	45	12.9	10.410 h
February	10.8°C4.5°C	4.5°C	52	13.4	11.111 h
March, selected	15.2°C8.1°C	8.1°C	76	15.2	12.012 h
April	20.2°C12.7°C	12.7°C	104	15.3	12.913 h
May	23.5°C16.5°C	16.5°C	129	17.1	13.614 h
June	26.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	168	18.2	14.014 h
July	27.7°C21.6°C	21.6°C	284	22.0	13.914 h
August	27.3°C21.3°C	21.3°C	329	22.5	13.213 h
September	23.4°C18.8°C	18.8°C	197	20.5	12.412 h
October	18.7°C14.6°C	14.6°C	119	20.4	11.511 h
November	14.6°C9.8°C	9.8°C	76	15.5	10.711 h
December	9.8°C4.4°C	4.4°C	44	12.4	10.310 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Ya'an

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ya'an) is explained once on the Ya'an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.